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By Shenali D Waduge
Divide and rule was a key component of colonial rule. Illegally taking over lands and territories, planting fictitious history, infesting minds with hate and violence is part of a legacy that continues unabated.
Sadly, historians have failed to take these false claims and nullify them. They have been silenced by “political correctness”. However, it is time people begin...
Was the US using Ukraine for a bigger goal than to draw Russia into a proxy war? Did the US use the Ukraine war to destabilise and weaken the EU? Shouldn’t EU leaders and Europeans wake up to this unpalatable reality?
While many Europeans are asking why America does not fight its own wars and why European leaders are choosing to fight America’s war at the expense of their...
Much hype and propaganda has fooled the world and Sri Lankans into believing China has trapped Sri Lanka in debt. For every woe Sri Lanka suffers the credit is put on China. This has been the fashionable sing-song-of Colombo cocktail circles who want to dictate how the entirety of Sri Lanka think.
Sri Lanka’s economic woes have naturally being pinned on China. The ugly...
Sri Lanka is faced with several challenges – all taken together the ultimate aim is simply to take control of Sri Lanka. Controlling the resources makes a nation compliant and meets the geopolitical objectives of parties using various modus operandi to realise their goals. This is what citizens of Sri Lanka need to understand. We are being played against each other and...
OPINION | Death toll in final battle against terrorism
An organisation by the acronym PEARL located in Washington DC, USA has written to Singapore’s Attorney General’s department to investigate the former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
On what grounds can lobbyists insist on investigating a non-Singaporean going to the extent of prosecuting him for “alleged” crimes committed outside of Singapore, simply because they have...
By Shenali D Waduge
In 1992, a paper was presented by a Working Group of the International Federation of Tamils in London. The paper cites a quote...
The UNHRC comprises 47 member states. The UNHRC members are elected by the General Assembly for three years. The UN General...
OPINION:
Sri Lanka was always sitting on a time bomb. Our expenses were higher than our income and revenues, our imports were higher than...
Opinion:
The caretaker Prime Minister is once again trying to complete the project given to him – his vision was to destroy agriculture,...
The reason US invaded countries of Latin America for 39 years was bananas. However, the Nicaraguan operation was different. US...
Opinion:
Cambridge Analytica showed the world how personal information of people on social media is used to swing elections. Is the same...
Sri Lanka’s economic debacle is a collective result of embracing capitalist consumerism, importing more than exporting, spending...
Colonisation was when people were sent to occupy territories and claim them as their own drawing artificial borders and...
Constitutional Amendments
Electoral System must be changed before 2025 General Elections.Why: This is a key area that will clean up Parliament from corrupt...
Maaveerar Naal or Great Heroes Day has been commemorated since November 27, 1989 with a Heroes Week held annually from November...
There is much ado about the claims that the 1956 Official Language Act was responsible for the ethnic issues in Sri Lanka. The...
The War on Terror divided people into those with us or against us. The war effort in Sri Lanka divided people as those against...
The President in dissolving Parliament on March 2 and setting a new date for polls followed all the rules. Having set a date it...
Not only Muslims but people of all other faiths too have to deal with traumatic restrictions in bidding farewell to their loved...